Norm Eisen of CREW is warning that President Trump’s reelection fundraiser at his own DC hotel is illegal and in violation of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.
Eisen tweeted:
1/ Trump Hotel fundraiser is illegal. His benefitting from leasing this US property violates the domestic emoluments clause of US Const.
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) June 29, 2017
2/ And the government's refusal to enforce hotel lease term which prohibits him from operating hotel ALSO makes 2nite an illegal emolument
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) June 29, 2017
3/ So anytime he profits from the hotel, as he is doing tonight, he is violating the domestic emoluments clause.
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) June 29, 2017
4/ Trump monetizes his office constantly. But tonight a new low: he's collecting cash from being president, from hotel, &from his party.
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) June 29, 2017
Trump is brazenly and blatantly violating the Constitution. He is personally profiting off of this fundraiser because the donors are spending money to stay at the President’s own hotel. This is illegal, and Eisen’s organization CREW is suing Trump for different Emoluments Clause violated related to this same hotel. Trump didn’t want the press covering this event because he is engaging in illegal activity while occupying the White House.
Donald Trump has only been in office for months, but his violations of the law are so numerous that it is only a matter of time before the law catches up to a president who specializes in conflicts of interest and corruption.
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